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- Coronavirus live news: Russia passes 300,000 cases; Spain mandates face masks for those over six
- Global report: Brazil's deadliest day as Trump calls US cases a 'badge of honour'
- Jacinda Ardern flags four-day working week as way to rebuild New Zealand after Covid-19
- Type 1 diabetics more likely than type 2 to die of coronavirus – study
- Climate change is turning parts of Antarctica green, say scientists
- Super cyclone Amphan: evacuations in India and Bangladesh slowed by virus
- 'We give you 30 minutes': Malta turns migrant boat away with directions to Italy
- Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas ends security agreement with Israel and US
- Apple whistleblower goes public over 'lack of action'
- Roe v Wade plaintiff admits abortion rights reversal ‘was all an act’ in new film
- Nasa head of human spaceflight suddenly resigns days before 'historic' space mission
- Coronavirus fallout to slow global growth in renewable energy
- Taiwan president hits back at China amid Covid-19 success
- 'Beacon of light': Capt Tom Moore to be knighted
- Children of Darfur: revisiting those orphaned by the conflict
- Three more arrested over Aya Hachem killing in Blackburn
- President calls negative hydroxychloroquine study 'a Trump enemy statement' – as it happened
- Coroner condemns catfisher over Sydney woman Renae Marsden's suicide
- Growing up in the long shadow of Darfur's genocide – in pictures
- New York gears up for contact tracing but experts warn of difficulties
- 'An individual decision': Trump defends taking unproved coronavirus drug hydroxychloroquine – video
- Environment secretary George Eustice calls on furloughed Britons to pick fruit – video
- Chinese man reunited with parents 32 years after abduction as toddler – video
| Coronavirus live news: Russia passes 300,000 cases; Spain mandates face masks for those over six Posted: 20 May 2020 02:32 AM PDT UN chief praises Africa's efforts to stem virus as Brazil sees record daily deaths; global cases hit 4.9m
The Spanish government has confirmed that the wearing of face masks will be compulsory from Thursday in enclosed areas and on the streets when the required two-metre social distancing protocols cannot be followed.
The total number of coronavirus cases in Russia, already the second highest in the world, has passed 300,000. |
| Global report: Brazil's deadliest day as Trump calls US cases a 'badge of honour' Posted: 19 May 2020 10:16 PM PDT Trump considers Brazil travel ban and hails huge number of US cases as testing triumph; World Bank warns 60m will fall into extreme poverty Brazil has seen its most deadly day since the coronavirus outbreak began, prompting Donald Trump to consider a ban on travel to the US from Brazil as he declared the huge number of US cases of coronavirus was "a badge of honour". After a cabinet meeting on Tuesday at the White House, Trump said: "I don't want people coming over here and infecting our people. I don't want people over there sick either," in relation to Brazil. Continue reading... |
| Jacinda Ardern flags four-day working week as way to rebuild New Zealand after Covid-19 Posted: 19 May 2020 07:23 PM PDT Prime minister says flexible working options can boost productivity and domestic tourism and improve work/life balance New Zealand's prime minister Jacinda Ardern has suggested employers consider a four-day working week and other flexible working options as a way to boost tourism and help employees address persistent work/life balance issues. In a Facebook live video Ardern said people had suggested everything from the shorter work week to more public holidays as a means to stimulate the economy and encourage domestic tourism, while the borders remain closed to foreign nationals. Continue reading... |
| Type 1 diabetics more likely than type 2 to die of coronavirus – study Posted: 19 May 2020 11:00 PM PDT Almost a third of Covid-19 deaths in England have been associated with diabetes, NHS finds Type 1 diabetics are more likely to die of Covid-19 than those with type 2, according to NHS research confirming that diabetes significantly increases coronavirus sufferers' risk of dying. Almost one in three of all deaths from coronavirus among people in hospital in England during the pandemic have been associated with diabetes, according to the study. Continue reading... |
| Climate change is turning parts of Antarctica green, say scientists Posted: 20 May 2020 02:00 AM PDT Researchers map 'beginning of new ecosystem' as algae bloom across surface of melting snow Scientists have mapped "the beginning of a new ecosystem" on the Antarctic peninsula as microscopic algae bloom across the surface of the melting snow, tinting the surface green and potentially creating a source of nutrition for other species. The British team behind the research believe these blooms will expand their range in the future because global heating is creating more of the slushy conditions they need to thrive. Continue reading... |
| Super cyclone Amphan: evacuations in India and Bangladesh slowed by virus Posted: 19 May 2020 05:14 PM PDT Thousands of migrant workers left jobless by Covid-19 pandemic are still on the roads, and evacuations have been hampered by distancing rules The Bay of Bengal's fiercest storm this century – super cyclone Amphan – was bearing down on millions of people in eastern India and Bangladesh on Wednesday, with forecasts of a potentially devastating and deadly storm surge. Authorities have scrambled to stage mass evacuations away from the path of Super Cyclone Amphan, which is only the second "super cyclone" to form in the north-eastern Indian Ocean since records began. Continue reading... |
| 'We give you 30 minutes': Malta turns migrant boat away with directions to Italy Posted: 19 May 2020 10:15 PM PDT Survivors say an armed forces' patrol vessel intercepted an overloaded dinghy, giving the refugees fuel and GPS coordinates for Sicily The Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) allegedly turned away at gunpoint a boat carrying migrants from their waters, after giving them fuel and the GPS coordinates to reach Italy. Exclusive footage is said to show an AFM vessel refusing to rescue a small rubber boat carrying 101 asylum seekers reportedly in Maltese territorial waters and instead providing them with the equipment to continue their journey to Italy. Many of the migrants leapt into the water to try to reach the boat, mistakenly thinking they were being rescued. Continue reading... |
| Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas ends security agreement with Israel and US Posted: 19 May 2020 04:52 PM PDT Declaration follows the creation of a new Israeli government which is officially contemplating annexation of some areas of the West Bank The Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, has declared an end to security cooperation with the Israel and the United States, citing the imminent threat of Israeli annexation of parts of the West Bank. "The Palestine Liberation Organization [PLO] and the state of Palestine are absolved, as of today, of all the agreements and understandings with the American and Israeli governments and of all the commitments based on these understandings and agreements, including the security ones," Abbas said in his speech. Continue reading... |
| Apple whistleblower goes public over 'lack of action' Posted: 19 May 2020 09:00 PM PDT Thomas le Bonniec says firm violating rights and continues massive collection of data A former Apple contractor who helped blow the whistle on the company's programme to listen to users' Siri recordings has decided to go public, in protest at the lack of action taken as a result of the disclosures. In a letter announcing his decision, sent to all European data protection regulators, Thomas le Bonniec said: "It is worrying that Apple (and undoubtedly not just Apple) keeps ignoring and violating fundamental rights and continues their massive collection of data. Continue reading... |
| Roe v Wade plaintiff admits abortion rights reversal ‘was all an act’ in new film Posted: 19 May 2020 03:30 PM PDT Norma McCorvey, known as Jane Roe, reveals she was paid by evangelical Christian groups to take anti-abortion stance Norma McCorvey, most notable for being the plaintiff known as Jane Roe in the 1973 landmark supreme court case Roe v Wade that led to abortion becoming legal in the United States, made a stunning admission just before her death in 2017, it has emerged. "This is my deathbed confession," she explained. Continue reading... |
| Nasa head of human spaceflight suddenly resigns days before 'historic' space mission Posted: 19 May 2020 06:04 PM PDT Doug Loverro quits ahead of next week's mission to send two astronauts to the International Space Station on a SpaceX flight A leading figure at Nasa responsible for the agency's human spaceflight programs has suddenly resigned just days before the US is set to send astronauts back into space from American soil for the first time since the Space Shuttle program was retired almost a decade ago. Doug Loverro, the official in charge of the human spaceflight division, left on Monday, Nasa said. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus fallout to slow global growth in renewable energy Posted: 19 May 2020 10:00 PM PDT Pace will slow for first time in 20 years with fewer windfarms and solar plants being built but rebound possible in 2021 The global growth of renewable energy will slow for the first time in 20 years due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, which will "hurt but not halt" the rise of clean energy. The world's energy watchdog has warned that developers will build fewer wind farms and solar energy projects this year compared with a record roll out of renewables in 2019. Continue reading... |
| Taiwan president hits back at China amid Covid-19 success Posted: 19 May 2020 10:14 PM PDT In her inauguration speech, Tsai Ing-wen says Taiwan will never accept Chinese rule Taiwan will not accept attempts by China to "downgrade" its status, its president has said in an inauguration speech that celebrated the island's successful fight against the coronavirus and pledged to stand up to pressure from Beijing. Voters handed Dr Tsai Ing-wen a second term with a landslide win in January, a vocal rebuke of Beijing's ongoing campaign to isolate the island. Continue reading... |
| 'Beacon of light': Capt Tom Moore to be knighted Posted: 19 May 2020 02:30 PM PDT Centenarian, who raised £33m for the NHS, put forward by the prime minister Two months ago, he was simply Capt Tom Moore. When his fundraising exploits inspired the nation, he was made an honorary colonel to mark his 100th birthday. Continue reading... |
| Children of Darfur: revisiting those orphaned by the conflict Posted: 19 May 2020 11:15 PM PDT Photojournalist Paddy Dowling travelled to Sudan to find out what happened to those growing up in the midst of genocide The Darfur genocide claimed the lives of an estimated 300,000 civilians, forced 1.6 million people to flee their homes inside the country and a further 600,000 refugees to spill across borders of neighbouring countries. Of those internally displaced people (IDPs) affected by the large-scale conflict in this region of western Sudan, more than 60% were children, according to the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Three more arrested over Aya Hachem killing in Blackburn Posted: 20 May 2020 01:23 AM PDT Detectives now questioning six people in connection with 19-year-old law student's death Detectives have arrested three more people after a teenage law student was killed in a shooting in Blackburn. Aya Hachem, 19, was hit by one of several shots fired from a vehicle as she walked to a supermarket near her home on Sunday. She died from a single wound to the chest. Continue reading... |
| President calls negative hydroxychloroquine study 'a Trump enemy statement' – as it happened Posted: 19 May 2020 05:59 PM PDT
Patrick Wintour and Julian Borger report: Member states have backed a resolution strongly supportive of the World Health Organization, after Donald Trump issued a fresh broadside against the UN body, giving it 30 days to make unspecified reforms or lose out on US funding. Related: Member states back WHO after renewed Donald Trump attack Continue reading... |
| Coroner condemns catfisher over Sydney woman Renae Marsden's suicide Posted: 20 May 2020 02:28 AM PDT Jealous friend unable to admit to 'extreme betrayal' and her evidence is 'nothing but a pack of lies', coroner says A coroner has delivered a scathing assessment of a jealous friend who catfished Sydney woman Renae Marsden, finding she lied repeatedly to an inquest. The coroner Elaine Truscott said Camila Zeidan created the fake persona "Brayden Spiteri" to coerce and control Marsden between late 2011 and August 2013. Continue reading... |
| Growing up in the long shadow of Darfur's genocide – in pictures Posted: 19 May 2020 11:15 PM PDT The conflict, fuelled by terror attacks by groups such as the Janjaweed, has left Sudan's children with a legacy of loss, displacement and destitution
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| New York gears up for contact tracing but experts warn of difficulties Posted: 20 May 2020 12:30 AM PDT Both city and state aim to recruit thousands to trace contacts of those diagnosed with coronavirus as part of plans to reopen New York faces enormous challenges in its attempts to implement one of the largest contact tracing schemes in the US, as the city prepares to reopen after nearly two months of coronavirus lockdown. The New York governor, Andrew Cuomo, has said the state is recruiting an "army of people to trace each person who tested positive" for an "unprecedented, nation-leading contact tracing programme". The New York city mayor, Bill de Blasio, announced a new test and trace corps, which he said would "lead the way in creating testing and tracing on a level we've never seen before in this city or this country". Continue reading... |
| 'An individual decision': Trump defends taking unproved coronavirus drug hydroxychloroquine – video Posted: 19 May 2020 01:17 PM PDT The US president has defended his use of the anti-malaria drug, dismissing a study indicating it was not an effective coronavirus treatment as a 'Trump enemy statement'. He also attacked Nancy Pelosi after she publicly expressed concern, claiming she had 'mental problems'
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| Environment secretary George Eustice calls on furloughed Britons to pick fruit – video Posted: 19 May 2020 10:15 AM PDT George Eustice, the environment secretary, has urged Britons on furlough to 'lend a hand' picking fruit and vegetables on British farms, as only a third of the pickers from eastern European countries who usually complete the work have arrived this year Continue reading... |
| Chinese man reunited with parents 32 years after abduction as toddler – video Posted: 19 May 2020 10:01 AM PDT A Chinese man who was stolen from his family as a toddler has been reunited with his parents after 32 years. Mao Yin was snatched in 1988 when he was walking home from nursery with his father, aged just two and a half. The family finally embraced once again after a decades-long search by his mother, Li Jingzhi Continue reading... |
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